1Interpretation

(b)providing anaesthetic care under the auspices of Epsom Anaesthetic Group Limited; and

(c)participating in the activity.

2Objective

The objective of the activity is to improve the practices and competence of participants by assessing the health services performed by those participants.

3Information

The activity is based on information derived from the participants.

4Activity

The activity involves—

(a)holding mortality and morbidity review meetings to discuss case reports and presentations; and

(b)preparing reports on the results of the meetings described in paragraph (a); and

(c)the making of recommendations on how participants can improve their performance so as to—

(i)improve the quality of care they provide; and

(ii)reduce the incidence of adverse outcomes.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of February 2009.

Hon Tony Ryall,Minister of Health.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice, which comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette, declares the quality assurance activity called the Epsom Anaesthetic Group Limited Quality Assurance Activity to be a protected quality assurance activity. The effect of this declaration is that, subject to certain exceptions,—

any information that becomes known solely as a result of the activity is confidential; and

any documents brought into existence solely for the purposes of the activity are confidential; and

the persons who engage in the activity in good faith are immune from civil liability.

Under section 54(4) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, this notice remains in force for a period of 5 years after the date on which it is issued, unless it is sooner revoked.

Reprints notes

1General

This is a reprint of the Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity—Epsom Anaesthetic Group Limited) Notice 2009 that incorporates all the amendments to that notice as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.